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Friday summary: Banks (JPM, WFC, C) all beat thanks in no small part to strong fixed income trading results. Yay. Deutsche Bank won’t be getting a government bailout (or at least that’s what Berlin is saying on Friday). Oh, no. Money market reform went into effect presumably making the system safer (yay) but removing nearly $1…
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You might have noticed something rather disturbing unfolding over the past half decade or so when it comes to QE. Have a look at global central bank liquidity: (Chart: Citi) So here we are, right back to the peak in terms of flow and yet what do we get for it? Still sluggish growth, still…
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Economists these days are increasingly sure they can “smooth out” the business cycle rather than just forestall the inevitable. They are wrong. And they’ve been proven so time and again. “Smoothing out the business cycle” just means destroying creative destruction thus not allowing the system to purge itself of misallocated capital thereby leading to even…
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We’ve spilled quite a bit of digital ink explaining how the uncertainty surrounding the US election isn’t even close to priced in. Have a look at the following chart from Goldman: (Chart: Goldman) And so, with the S&P at damn near 18X and bonds trading at historically stretched levels, here’s a rundown via Bloomberg on…
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A strange thing has happened in the central bank-controlled post-crisis world. Equities have become akin to bonds and bonds akin to equities. That is, the risk is in fixed income, whereas equities have become a shadow of their former selves, exhibiting low volatility and reliable returns. How long will this perversion last? How long, considering…
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What have we been saying for weeks? That the weak ISM non-manufacturing number, the weak retail print, and the sub-consensus August payrolls print would be all the Fed needed to go “full-Brainard.” Well, they didn’t go “full-Brainard” per se – there were three dissents. And as it turns out, Yellen didn’t really cite that data. Which surprised…
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On a seemingly day by day basis, the veterans literally throw in the towel. 1/3 of the Street has never operated under anything but ZIRP or damn close to it. Here’s Bloomberg from last summer: “No one is suggesting that Wall Street traders are any less capable than they were in the past. But what’s…
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No matter how little sense it actually makes to talk about “freezing” production at record levels, people are going to keep talking about it anyway. The upcoming OPEC meeting in Algiers is what the oil bulls are hanging their hats on as though they don’t remember what happened earlier this year in Doha. It’s kind…
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Notable Bloomberg News

*WIKILEAKS RELEASES REPORTED CLINTON/GOLDMAN SACHS TRANSCRIPTS

*Syria Talks End Without Result; Lavrov Says Resolution Discussed

*FED'S DUDLEY SAYS HE EXPECTS A RATE RISE THIS YEAR

*Fed Chair Janet Yellen said that “an accommodative monetary stance, if maintained too long, could have costs that exceed the benefits” by increasing the risk of financial instability or undermining price stability.